Page 37 of Blaze

That said, he pulls me towards the door while Elenor glares at me like I was the problem. I know we haven’t seen the last of her, and I don’t know if we’ll make it through whatever scheme that she’ll come up with.

Guiding me through the trailer, I burrow into him, trying to ignore the screams, and I grip his cut as anticipation builds, along with a little fear.

When we get outside, Halsy is shaking her head at the mess, and Linc calls, “Halsy?” She looks our way, and he nods to his mom's trailer and says, “Walk with us,” and she nods, looking at the mess one last time before following us.

“Mom died,” he says out of the blue after we pass Alexiana’s trailer, causing Halsy to trip. I quickly grab her arm, and she blinks as we stop outside his mom's trailer.

“She, what?” Halsy chokes before looking back at her trailer, and her face pales.

“Yeah, this is why I suggested claiming her because I didn’t want her like my mom, but unfortunately, she’s too far gone. You, however,” Linc sighs, “I want you to move in here, get yourself out of the shit.”

Halsy allows us to see her pain, her tears falling as her sister’s screeching can be heard from here. On instinct, I pull out of Linc's arms, and I pull her into mine as she lets out a sob, gripping me.

“You wanna help us clear the place, Hals? Then we can get it set up for you?” Linc asks, and she pulls back and nods as she wipes her tears and chokes, “I’m so sorry you lost her, Linc…”

He nods, then looks at me and smiles before he admits, “I gained another family who introduced me to my girl. Shortcake is worth it all.” and I groan, “That damn nickname.”

“That is because you are short as shit,” he says with humor, and I narrow my eyes.

“Halsy?” I say not breaking eye contact with my, well, I guess boyfriend, “Did you know I’ve seen actual footage of a four-year-old Linc shaking his naked butt singing tooshie, tooshie, tooshie?”

“Oh, come on, Blair,” Linc groans as he throws his head back, and I grin widely as Halsy bursts out in laughter. And just because I can, I get my phone and bring up the footage, and true horror flashes over Linc's face as I show her the video.

“No way Ms. Hallows gave you that?!” he snaps, and I grin widely.

“She’s my mama, she can’t say no to me,” I retort and he growls as Halsy chokes, “I didn’t know Ms. Hallows had a daughter,” while trying to contain her laughter and I smile softly and admit, “She adopted me when I was seventeen, but brought me up since I was fourteen,” and she nods while Linc smiles softly.

“Come on,” I say, “I’ll send you the video later,” and Linc groans again as we go inside his mom's trailer to fix it up for Halsy. She is still laughing her ass off but it soon doubles when Linc asks, “Shortcake, how much do you like your home?” and I narrow my eyes at him causing him to smirk, a look I don’t trust over taking his rough handsome features.

“We are not moving in together, it’s too soon, so get that look off your face,” I snap, and his look deepens, but I ignore it as I grab some trash bags. Halsy laughs even harder at whatever look Linc gives her, while El continues to screech two trailers down and a knot forms in the pit of my stomach.

She’s not going to let this go.

Chapter 17

Blaze – Two Weeks Later

“Three club bunnies were caught poking holes in condoms, and right now, Pinkie is claiming to be pregnant with my fucking child even though I haven’t fucked her cunt,” Bones snaps as he sits tensely, and I lock my jaw.

“Why are they suddenly doing this shit now?” I ask, completely fucking confused.

Bunnies know their place, they know they won’t have a fucking brother claim them when they fuck all the other brothers. The fact we have to do this in church instead of going over the next run is annoying as fuck.

Cage shakes his head as Knuckles mentions, “Four of the main officer brothers have claimed an old lady, they’ve heard rumors that you have also had a cut made. They are panicking despite the place being swarmed with single brothers. They want an officer…”

I scoff at their pathetic attempt to trap a brother.

“It’s like they don’t know how to learn their fucking lesson,” Crusher snaps, and everyone agrees as Treasure asks, “Is she pregnant then, has it been confirmed?” because of course the old timers are in fucking church, yet again. They jump in throughout discussing the prospects and businesses like we still don’t know what we’re doing with Killer being the main fucking voice.

I swear we need to shake shit up.

Bones shrugs and admits, “I don’t think so, I saw her downing four shots before we came in here, but I made it perfectly clear that every time I fucked her, it was with a camera in sight.

I’m not fucking stupid and I had to remind her I’ve only ever fucked her ass and always, fucking always brought my condoms out with me. I’ve checked most of the officer brother’s condoms and all had holes in,” he looks at Cage, “Including yours,” and the man goes pale before he groans.

“Fuck!” he snaps as he runs a hand through his hair, and I raise a brow at the man.

“What’s up? It isn’t like you use them now anyhow, Drew's probably on the shot,” Trick says, and Cage shakes his head.